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Following your fear may sound counterintuitive when aspiring to a life of love and peace. Mythologist Joseph Campbell once famously quipped, "follow your bliss," which sounds much safer.
However, it can also be true that fear will not stop following you until it is acknowledged, healed, or transcended. Avoiding the triggers of insecurity can amount to a long detour on the path of awakening and authenticity. Campbell also wrote, "the cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."
This is where mindfully walking the labyrinth of our fears to the center of our being and back matters. There are many different types of fear but psychologist Karl Albrecht believes that they can be categorized and fit into a hierarchy or “feararchy.” Nonetheless, philosophers like Jiddu Krishnmurti asserted that these are still only the branches of one tree of fear and implored seekers to cut it down at the root.
On an evolutionary level, our instincts associated with worry are predominantly codes for responding to a long-gone world. Most of the ancient imminent threats like predators, storms and enemies have been replaced by longform health complexities like addiction, obesity, or loneliness. This episode explores how to deconstruct fear and anxiety to live more whole-heartedly.
(Music “To New Beginnings” by Bing Satellites)
Recorded live in-person on Oct 25 2022 at The Homestead in Plano, IL.
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Why are so many people attracted to scary movies when in real life we typically avoid frightening situations?
There are a multitude of reasons but recent studies have indicated that fans of the horror genre fared better in the pandemic in terms of preparedness and psychological resilience. Therefore, it could function as a kind of virtual reality tester and mechanism of exposure to worst-case scenarios.
In the final episode of “Dirty John,” the true story of a murderous conman, the daughter Terra credits her survival and ability to fight like hell from having previously binged AMC’s apocalyptic zombie-gore series "The Walking Dead."
There are many different types of fear but psychologist Karl Albrecht believes that they can be categorized and fit into a hierarchy or “Feararchy.” However, philosophers like Jiddu Krishnmurti asserted that these are still only the branches of one tree of fear and implored seekers to cut it down at the root.
And on an evolutionary level, our instincts associated with fear are predominantly codes for responding to a long-gone world. Most of the ancient imminent death threats like predators, storms and enemies have been replaced by longform health complexities like addiction, obesity and loneliness.
What will it take to download the smart-brain updates and how could that transform our lives and society?
(Music “Make Sense of Everything” by Bing Satellites and original episode artwork can be found on the podcast website)
Courage and fear are not really opposing emotions. Fear is more of an involuntary response like inflammation or fever. Courage is a principle or virtue that guides a person towards right action and overcoming fear in order to live whole-heartedly.
Hence, the root word of courage is cor which means heart.
Music “Deju Ju All Over Again” by Bing Satellites. Episode artwork by Dove Dahlia.